Curse Fulfills Over Lost Kaskaskia Village Legend
An old curse tale says a Native American youth doomed by trader Jean Benard fulfilled the curse when river waters swallowed Kaskaskia, once Illinois Territory’s capital. The legend links the village’s fate to a rafted suitor, a convented bride, and Benard’s duel death, with spirits still sighted on stormy nights.
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Keankaskia
Kaskaskia
Historical Society
Thea
Canada
Widheith
Jean Benard
Marie
Benard
Marle
Apted
Beneta
Saakaskta
Renard
St. Louis
New Orleans
Minois
Uves
Father of 13 Pups Cares for Six Kittens
New York story describes a German pointer named Peggy nursing 18 stray puppies at 108 Houston Street while her mate Lightnin' tends two month old kittens at the One Hundred and Fourth Field Artillery Armory on Broadway. The dog Tightaln is the unit mascot slated for upcoming film appearances.
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New York
Houston Street
Rip van Winkles
Iir
Palleade Peggy
Lightnin
One Hundred and Fourth Field Artillery
Sixty-eighth Street
Broadway
Tightaln
Rejected Civil War Soldier Kept In Fair Health At 104
Danvers Mass reports a Civil War veteran who was rejected for duty for being not strong enough. Now 104 years old he remains in good health with keen interest in the changing world. He lives with his daughter Ross and enjoys daily activities despite impaired hearing and nights at home.
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Danvers
Mass
Fearanian OC
Pleres
Aipon-Hia
Ross
Dig Up Tower as Large as Babylon in Kish Excavation
Chicago based archaeologist D G Davies reports from Meld museum and Oxford university that Langdon's team of 150 uncovered three temples and two towers in Kish ruins. The towers rival the Tower of Babylon in size and a headless woman statue with clasped hands bears a seven line inscription. The inscription hints at pre-Sargonic Kish around 2850 BC with a later dress style.
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Chicago
D. G. Davies
Field Museum
Scientiata
Meld Museum
Oxford University
Kish
Stephen Langdons
Babylon
B. C
Langdon
Women Bank Presidents Lead Six Institutions Across U S
New York reports show six American banks led by women chiefs, with three vice presidents and several women on boards. Miss Bruere, assistant secretary of Central Union Trust, notes the trend reflects economic independence and a shift to professional banking roles for women.
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New York
Ning
Marie Bruere
Association of Bank Women
Miss Bruere
Atalla
Misa Bruere
Central Union Trust Company of
Association
Virginia Forman
Wonex
Flora Buck
Farmers’ State Bank
Genoa, T
Emma Duerrtwaechter
Germantown
South Germantown
Wis
F. J. Runyan
What Woman's
Bank of Tennessee
Clarksville
Tenn
B. B. Stephens
Bank of Allng
Aline
Okla
Mia
Cora A. Jipgon
Tipson-Carter State
Blissfield
Jeska K. Taylor
Haddam State
Haddam, Kan
US Sells Gasparilla Island Pirate Lair Reservation
The War Department invites sealed bids for a 582 acre former military reservation on Gasparilla Island near Charlotte Harbor in Lee County Florida. The site, tied to the pirate Gasparilla legend, is described as a tropical, frost-free area that served as a military base during the Everglades campaign and the 1885 1842 Indian war era.
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U. S
Washington
Gasparilla Island
Charlotte Harbor
Lee County
Florida
War Department
Department
Gasparilla
Gasparila
Everglades
Sir Oliver Lodge Solves Wireless Oscillator Problem
London’s Evening Standard reports after three years of study Sir Oliver Lodge has solved the wireless oscillator issue that baffled experts. The breakthrough promises perfect reception without nefsel tuning, avoiding regeneration, and will not raise new set costs but alters existing receivers. Lodge plans to publish results soon.
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Oliver Lodge
London
The
Evening Standard
Sue Oliver
Tailors make costumes among dogs necessities on voyage
Francie a four pound black and tan dog arrives on the Liner Olympic from France with Mr and Mrs Sidney M Williams of New York. They say Francie costs them 4000 a year for wardrobe from a Paris tailor including sport clothes and morning gowns. The couple also has four other dogs with an annual travel and care expense of 23000.
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New York
Francie
Olympic
France
Sidney M. Williams
Mia
Williama
Paris
Williame
Maximilian Manuscripts In UC Berkeley Library
The University of California owns Maximilian’s Library in Berkeley containing five volumes once owned by Emperor Maximilian archduke of Austria who ruled in Mexico City from 1864 to 1867. Students may borrow the books while the public may read them on campus. After Maximilian’s death the library passed to Don Jose Maria Andrade, a noted collector. Hubert Howe Bancroft bought them at a Leipzig auction in 1860 and the Bancroft Library later came into university possession.
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University of California
Maximilian
Berkeley
Cal
Austria
Mexico City
Don Jose Maria Andrade
Leipzig
Germany
Hubert Howe Bancroft
Bancroft
University
Kissing Through British History From Princess Rowena to Newgate
A compact history notes how kissing entered Britain via Princess Rowena and King Hengist, rose through the Middle Ages, aided disease spread stereotypes, faced dissent from Chaucer and Bunyan, peaked in early modern and Georgian eras, then faded into Victorian crime notoriety at inns and Newgate.
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Britain
Gett
Digby
London News
Thames Embankment
Scotland Yard
Circus
Greo
Rowena
Hengist
Friesland
Vortigern
Britona
Chaucer
John Bunyan
James I
Charley
George III
Old Overbrook hotel contains hidden cash stash
A landmark hotel on the White Horse Pike near Lindenwold New Jersey sold for cash. A realty agent helping Mrs. Thomas discovered five $100 bills from a mattress at the hotel, recalling that 25 years ago she hid money under mattresses when banks were trusted less.
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Overbrook
White Horne Pike
Lindenwold
N. J
Thomas
The Very Latest Hat Turban and Stocking Gaffe
A Tulane belt car entrance features a striking woman in a high fashion coat and Utte turban, flashing a solitaire ring. Glances shift from her ankles to the unrolled chiffon stocking as bystanders notice the chilly scene and the chilly reception around her.
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Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Dinner Party Delays as Betty Seeks Nuts
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt recalls a dinner scene where two unwelcome guests sit with Nate, as four year old Betty asks where the nuts are after overhearing a cook mention nuts for dinner. The puzzled mother confirms no nuts will be served.
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Nate
Auld Scotia and the shifting name of Scotland
The article traces historical names for Scotland from Scotia to Scotia Magna and Scocia, noting poetic uses and the Venerable Bede’s reference to Caledonia before 258 A.D. It explains Ireland’s earlier designation as Scotia and the 7th century invasion leading to name changes.
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Scotia
Scotland
Ireland
Scotia Magna
Major
Scotia Minor
Scothand
Bede
Caledonia
Kansas City Star
Palace Turned Playground for Tsarskoe-Selo Children
The former imperial estate at Tsarskoe-Selo, once a summer home of Peter the Great and Catherine I, has become a vast American-style recreation center for Russian children. Palaces, villas, churches, gardens and lakes now host museums, schools, hospitals and sanatoriums.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Hussia
Peter the Great
Nla
Catherine I
Fred Stone’s First Triumph at Wellington Fourth of July
In a McCalls Magazine extract Fred Stone recalls his first public appearance in Wellington Kansas in 1822 with brother Widdie at age nine. They competed in the greased pole contest. The younger brother aided Stone’s victory by throwing dirt, the crowd urged them on, and Stone reached the top to win a flag and a five dollar bank order.
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McCall's
Fred Stone
Wellington
Kana
Widdie
Kansas
Fred
Broadway
First National Bank
Time Spent in Shaving Statistics Report
The Pathfinder Magazine reports on shaving time, noting the average man spends five minutes daily. It claims life impact includes about 30 hours per year lost to shaving and estimates whisker coverage per shave averages 68 inches of facial area, suggesting over 17 square miles shaved in a lifetime of about two decades.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Chinese Farewell by the Roadside Amban House
A roadside encounter with an amban features rugs laid in a courtyard and a farewell tea served with nuts, raisins, watermelons, and colorful candies. The scene captures a traditional moment as travelers pause to bid farewell and share tea at a small house along the road.
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Kermit Hoosevelt
Prisoner in Snowbank Near Gardiner Recovers After 20-Foot Plunge
Stephen D. Monaghan of Gardiner Maine tumbled from his roof into a snowbank twenty feet deep and soft enough to hide him. Disoriented he crawled, then found his way out of the drift with help, escaping serious injury in a tense near-miss reported by the Indianapolis News.
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Stephen D. Monaghan
Gardiner
Maine
Irdturiapolis News
Cloth From Hair: Amiens Plans Strong Oil Cloth
A section of a large melory lioned at Amiens is being tithed up for cloth made from human hair. The cloth, capable of storing heavy oil and similar products, is noted for phenomenal strength that endures high pressures. Hair sourced from China and Japan is used, with coarser Oriental hair deemed strongest for this service.
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Amiens
France
China
Japan
Maguwine
American Legion Radio Post 300 Opens in Oklahoma City
The first American Legion radio post, No 300, gains a national charter in Oklahoma City. Membership is restricted to veterans without nearby posts and owning a radio. broadcasts every Saturday at midnight from KFIF. The post has drawn over 20,000 fan letters since January 16 and features national acts, with a special program for disabled veterans Sundays at 3 PM Central time.
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American Legion
Existance
Sud
Oklahoma City
Gab
Oklahoma Radio Post
Radio Post
Andtts
KFIF
KFI
Los Angeles
Universal Quartet
Ford Motor Company
Nil Legionnaires
Robert C. Graham
The
Post
Ttadiopost
KFJF
D. G. Rixey
Department of Oklahooma
Philadelphia
Leglon
Legion
St. Louis
Ferre Haute
Indianapolis
Pointe
National Federation endorses Legion boys baseball plan
The National Baseball Federation endorsed the American Legion’s boys baseball program, backing town and city athletics in ten thousand Legion communities. Frank C. Cross said junior leagues are well under way, with a plan including championships from rural areas to a junior world series at the Legion national convention.
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National
Hasdball Federation
The
American Legion
Detroit
National Baseball Federation
Frank C. Cross
Americanlam
the Legion
Hospital Care Extended for World War Veterans
More than 23,000 World War I veterans have received free hospital treatment since the World War Veterans act passed on June 7, 1924. The program, run by rehabilitation officials in the American Legion, covers all disabilities with no requirement beyond an honorable discharge. The hospital bill totals about 8 million dollars, with an average hospitalization of 17 days per veteran. The act was championed largely by the Legion and faces further push in Congress, including talks of free outpatient treatment for all veterans.
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American Legion
Wushington
We Legion
Congress
Members Organize New American Legion Post in Minneapolis
Harold D. Hopp announces a new American Legion post in Minneapolis where each of its 26 members will be musicians. He says the post will foster bands orchestras glee clubs and quartets formed from the membership as it grows.
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the American Legion
Minneapolia
Harold D. Hopp
Organizar
Post
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